The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-01-28

Perpetual Emigration Ftnd company are
dissolved, and the Attorney General is
directed TO wind them up by process p
courl; amt all avs for the orgaliz.tlon o.
The militi OF Ill. erilLpr. and the creaton
OF the Nau,OO legion are annnilrd. Pplyg
unllsiS are hadc Ineligible To yOte, ANA u
irss oath Is prcscrlbsi 10 ali persons de.
sirIig 20 yOte tnat they will obey the law
OF the United STATES, and especliiiy lht-
laws IN respect To the crimes defined In
his and tue original Il munls uc.. The
Dill Prov cs Tor mo Immediate appoint
nent by the president of ali Judges an,
selectnlcn oi the county and pr0Dato courts,
anu by the governor OF all Justices or I'll
| peace, sh r ifs cUnsiab rs, ANA other county
and district offic rs. The bill as anende
| by tile adnptoi OF the substitute will now
b., transmitted To ,he Senate for the action
of tHat bDdy.
JAN I3.--AIr, Band, from the committee
on coinage, weish,s, and measures. re
ported back til res llu Ion calling upon the
| Secretary OF the Treasury for nfOrnaliO
as to the monthly purchases anu coinage o
| silver during tia last fiscal year and th,
| first SIX months or tIe present fiscal wear
Also information rs 10 wheth r the law re-
curing the uurcnase and coinage Qf no
less than S2,0l0,0O0 worth OF shver bullion
has been compiled with. Adopted.
The House passed the following bills re-
ported from The committees on the Judi
ciary: For no ding terms OF the Unite 4
States court at Mississippi Guy. Miss. M
| thOrlZlng the service Oi civl and criniila
| process issued 10y any territorial court wi n
~ Indian aui military reservations ANA III,
| Yellowstone National park; am ming III
law regulating the removal OF causes iron.
! state to federal courts.
The Rouse committee on naval affair
has informally. agreed to endeav0r u
amend tho bill for the reOrg mlZalion T.
the naval bureaus now pendlng In In
| House SO as to allow tile Secretary -
the Navy 10 select the heads OF CEREAL
bureaus from either tho limo or staff
officers.
JAN. l4.-Mr. Caldwell submitted the
conferences report on the clectoral-coun
oil: and 1t was agreed to without debate OIL
! division.
After the reception OF Il number OF com
! nittee reports, the House went into com
| mlttee Of the whole (ilr. McMllin in the
chair, for the consideration OF Senate bills
; upon the private calendar.
AT o'clock the committee rose and thr
| House passed half dozen private Senate
bills, including one for the relief OF The
sufferers from the wreck Of The steamer
| AshuelOt
The House then took a recess unil 1880
| p. M.
At its evening session the House PASSED
twenty-four pension bll.s, and at lC:D add
| J0urned.
JAN. lin the House, Mr.. Crisp pre-
| sented The conference report on the inter-
Slute Dlll. tnlL H. tllI llOl
| do so for the purpose OF asking Tor action
upon il al this time but IN order that u
| might be printed in the Record and in bill
| form. This was ordered, and Mr. Crisp
| gave notice that he would call up The repor
| Mt an early day. The bill, as it passed. the
| Senate, provides in brief for the appoint.
| ment of Il commission OF five compete nj
men, not more than three of whom be Ong
| To one political party. Shippers who have
grievances against railroads can make com
| plant to the commission or institute suit in
| the federal courts. Railroads are prohibited
| from charging more for n short than for q
| longer distance upon their lines in The same
| direction, the shorter being included within
/ the. longer distance, and the circumstances
| and conditions being the same: but the
| commission is authorized, upon application
OF II railroad, and after investigating the
| TACT to relieve the roads from the operation
| of the general rule in special cases. Pool
| ing 10 absolutely prohibited Each railroad
| is required to make public the rates be-
| tween points upon its own roads, as pro-
| posed in the House bill, and in addition Aie
| commission is required to secure publicity
| OF through rates IN so far as itmay be found
| necessary.
| The House then went into committee Of
the whole (Mr. McMilin in the chair) ON
the river and harbOr bill.
Mr.. Hepburn, while fav0ring the system
of waterway improvements, opposed The
| ''swapping-off" theory upon which the bill
OF the features of the measure, especially
that which provided for the improvement
OF the Mississippi in accordance with the
plans of the commission.
Mr.. Blanchard commended the work of
the Mississippi river commission, and
strongly urged the continued Improvement
of the river in accordance with its plans.
Pending further debate the committee rose.
Mr.. Hatch moved that the House go into
the committees of the whole OH the peur0-
pneumonia bill. Lost. Yeas los, nays $50.
The House then adjourned.
JAN. l7.-ln the House to-day after the
call OF States MIR. Crisp, as a matter or
privilege, called up the COME renee report
on tile Interstate commerce DILL MIR. An.
dersOn raised the question OF consideration
against the conference report. The House
refused-yeas ll3, nays 13I--tO consider the
Interstate commerce conference report;
and Mr.. MatsOn, OH behalf of the commit.
tee on invalid pensions, then moved to sus.
pend the rules and pass the bill for the re-
lief OF dependent parents of hOnorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors who are now
disabled and dependent upon their own la
Dor for support. Mr. MatsOn stated that
the first section of the bill merely changed
the evidence required by the pension office,
than S5o,COO annually. The total number
OF persons who would b. benefited by the
second section was estimated at 33, los, and
the annual cost tn the government would
not reach SG,00J.000
The bill was then passed-yeas 10, nays
&C.
1t provides that in considering the PEN
sion claims OF dependent parents, the fact
and cause OF death, and the fact that the
soldier left no widow or minor children
having been shown as required by law, it
shall be necessary only to show that such
parents are without other present means Of
support than their own manual labor or
the contributions of others not legally
bound for their support; provided that no
pension allowed under this act shall com.
mence prior to its passage.
Mr.. Eidredge, OH behalf of the committee
on pensions, moved that the rules be suS.
pended and the House concur in the Sem
ate amendment to the Mexican pension
bill.
The motion to suspend the rules and con
cur in the Senate amendment was agreed
to--yeas 2i3, nays s.
The bill now only requires the Presiden-
tial approval to become law.
JAN. 1S--In the House, Mr.. Lowering,
from the committee on invalid pensions,
reported bill increasing from S72 to Sl00
the pension of soldiers and sailors who
have lost both arms. Committee of the
whole.